- May 28, 2012
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Hello, our Saanen goat, Gigi, has been milking beautifully for about a month and a half. Yesterday she came down with really bad diarrhea and low appetite. I called the vet who said to try some pepto bismol and see what happens. And to bring a stool sample tomorrow if it doesn't clear up.
So when we went out to milk tonight, the diarrhea is still going, and she hardly has any milk. I suppose the lack of milk production is due to dehydration (I plied her with sunflower seeds and electrolytes earlier + the pepto), and she is drinking. Do you think her milk is just temporarily suspended? Has anyone had an experience like this? She isn't too depressed/despondant. Like I said she has been drinking a lot, and eating a little hay and sunflowers seeds. We do not know what caused this and are just so upset.
Thanks!
So when we went out to milk tonight, the diarrhea is still going, and she hardly has any milk. I suppose the lack of milk production is due to dehydration (I plied her with sunflower seeds and electrolytes earlier + the pepto), and she is drinking. Do you think her milk is just temporarily suspended? Has anyone had an experience like this? She isn't too depressed/despondant. Like I said she has been drinking a lot, and eating a little hay and sunflowers seeds. We do not know what caused this and are just so upset.
Thanks!
